Simple Way to Make Quick Steamed bun /Man Thou/ 馒头 #chinesecooking

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, steamed bun /man thou/ 馒头 #chinesecooking. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Mántóu (馒头), also known as Mó (馍), refers to plain steamed buns which originated from China. They are usually made of white wheat flour, but other ingredients, such as corn flour, sweet potato, pumpkin, are sometimes added to the dough. As a popular staple, Mantou has a firm position on Chinese families' dinner table. Place the buns into the steamer.

Steamed bun /Man Thou/ 馒头 #chinesecooking is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Steamed bun /Man Thou/ 馒头 #chinesecooking is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook steamed bun /man thou/ 馒头 #chinesecooking using 6 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Steamed bun /Man Thou/ 馒头 #chinesecooking:

1. Prepare 500 gr bread flour
2. Take 150 gr sugar
3. Get 7 gr dry yeast
4. Take 1 tsp salt
5. Take 200-230 ml water/milk
6. Prepare 50 gr white butter/margarine

In this post, you are going to learn the easiest way to make homemade steamed buns or mantou buns. Mantou (馒头) is a yeast-based Chinese steamed bun made of yeast, flour, sugar and water. This mantou recipe with sweet potato is so soft and fluffy. Learn how to make mantou with this easy and fail-proof recipe!

Steps to make Steamed bun /Man Thou/ 馒头 #chinesecooking:

1. In a small bowl, mix one teaspoon sugar and yeast. Add some warm milk/water. Set it aside.
2. In another mixing bowl, mix the flour, sugar, salt and rest of water. Mix them well. Add the yeast mixture.
3. Mix them well until form a dough. If you use machine, knead the dough for 20 minutes until it is smooth and reach the window pane. Then let it rest for 1 hour and it will be double in volume.
4. Knead by hand, after mixing all the ingredients into a homogenized ball of dough. Knead it for 5 minutes. Set it aside or rest it for 20 minutes by covering the dough with dry towel.
5. Knead the dough until it is smooth for another 10 minutes. Let it rest for 1 hour. It will be double in volume.
6. Lightly dust your counter with flour, bring out the dough and divide the dough as your wish.
7. Shape each dough into ball shape or any shape you like.
8. Place it on a parchment paper. Final proofing phase - proof the dough at warm place or under sunshine for another 45 minutes to 1 hour.
9. Prepare your steamer with water. Bring it to boil.
10. Place the buns into the steamer. Steam it for 10-15 minutes depend on how big your buns. Minimun for the first batch is 15 minutes. The next batch, 10 minutes will be enough.
11. Remove out the steamed bun quickly and place another batch of bun.
12. Cool it down and enjoy your steamed bun.

This mantou recipe with sweet potato is so soft and fluffy. Learn how to make mantou with this easy and fail-proof recipe! Place steamer with buns into wok or steamer pot; make sure water is not touching buns. Prepare and knead the steamed bun dough. Understanding the time to knead and the resting time before steaming.

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